Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino Appoints New Culinary Team

The Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its culinary team. Executive Chef, Teddy Bouroncle, comes to Aruba from the JW Marriott Hotel Cusco and brings worldly influence and an extensive resume to Aruba Marriott’s food & beverage program. Executive Sous Chef Romero Penacino and Executive Sous Chef Miguel Garcia have been brought on board to assist in overseeing all culinary operations under Chef Bouroncle. A Peruvian native with more than 10 years of culinary experience, Chef Bouroncle has cooked all over the world from Columbia, to Spain, Singapore and the United States. Having held various culinary positions since starting his career in 2002, Chef Bouroncle has managed to refine his craft at a number of world-renowned hotels and restaurants. In his new role at Aruba Marriott, Chef Bouroncle will oversee all daily kitchen operations and menus ensuring the highest standard of culinary excellence throughout the property’s seven bars and restaurants. Chef Penacino also brings valuable food & beverage experience and an international flair having started his career as a line cook at the Hotel Melia in Argentina in 2000. Having worked his way up the hotel food chain in Argentina and Cayman Islands, Chef Penacino served as Restaurant Supervisor and Restaurant Chef at Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort for five years before joining the Aruba Marriott. With over 23 years of food service industry experience around the world, Chef Garcia brings an impressive knowledge of restaurant operations to Aruba Marriott. Chef Garcia began his career in 1991 at the Hyatt Cerromar in Puerto Rico and was most recently Kitchen & Food & Beverages Director at the Occidental Grand Aruba. Through the combination of strengths from the new executive food and beverage staff and under the leadership of Chef Bouroncle, an exceptional food and beverage program is in store for guests. The trio’s first order of business was creating the new Seafood Sensation buffet at La Vista Restaurant. Formerly offering an Italian menu, this new buffet concept is available five nights a week and consists of the island’s first raw bar, a grilled-to-order fish station and a ceviche station, influenced by Chef Bouroncle’s native Peru. Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino boasts 411 guestrooms -- the most spacious on the island -- each with large, private balconies overlooking lush landscape and the sparkling waters of the Caribbean Sea. On property, seven restaurants and cafes provide fare from light to elegant, while the largest casino in Aruba, a 6,500 square-foot spa, free-form swimming pool, the H2Oasis adults-only pool and high-energy health club offer entertaining diversions.